Erik Rutan

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Cannibal Corpse guitarist Erik Rutan playing in his home studio

The brutal shred-fest that has quietly become one of our biggest playthrough videos

By Scott Rowley published

Four years ago, we published this video of Erik Rutan. It's since become one of our most-watched videos

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Cannibal Corpse's Erik Rutan and Rob Barrett

“This is f**king 4K s**t”: Erik Rutan and Rob Barrett on why Chaos Horrific is one of the grimmest releases from the Cannibal Corpse death metal meat grinder

By Gregory Adams published

How disgustingly low tunings and custom-built metal machines gave new rager Chaos Horrific a hellish weight and physicality as the death metal institution found joy in new extremes

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Erik Rutan of Cannibal Corpse

Cannibal Corpse’s Erik Rutan chugs, shreds and sweeps with violent aggression in this grinding Condemnation Contagion playthrough

By Richard Bienstock published

The death-metal legends bring in new guitar blood for their 15th studio album, Violence Unimagined

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Erik Rutan of Cannibal Corpse

Erik Rutan on joining death-metal titans Cannibal Corpse: “It’s still kinda surreal... I never foresaw this happening!“

By Amit Sharma published

The newly instated guitarist talks axes, amps, his "savior" pedal and the creation of the band's punishing new album, Violence Unimagined

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